2005 Rolex Sports Car Series

The 2005 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the sixth season of the Rolex Sports Car Series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. The format was reduced to two classes, Daytona Prototypes (DP) and Grand Touring (GT). 14 races were run from February 5, 2005 to November 5, 2005. Laguna-Seca and Hermanos Rodríguez were added. It set the record for the longest Rolex season.

Schedule

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Rnd Race Length/Duration Circuit Date
1   Rolex 24 at Daytona 24 Hours Daytona International Speedway February 5
February 6
2   Grand Prix of Miami 250 Miles Homestead-Miami Speedway March 5
3   Ferrari Maserati 400 400 km California Speedway April 3
4   Road & Track 250 250 Miles Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca May 1
5   6 Hours of Mont-Tremblant 6 Hours Circuit Mont-Tremblant May 21
6   Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International June 12
7   Brumos Porsche 250 250 Miles Daytona International Speedway June 30
8   Porsche 250 400 km Barber Motorsports Park July 31
9   CompUSA 200 at the Glen 200 Miles Watkins Glen International August 12
10   EMCO Gears Classic 400 km Mid-Ohio August 27
11   Phoenix 250 250 Miles Phoenix International Raceway September 9 (GT)
September 10 (DP)
12   Crown Royal 250 at the Glen 250 Miles Watkins Glen International September 24
13   VIR 400 400 km Virginia International Raceway October 9
14   Mexico City 250 250 Miles Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez November 5

† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races at Phoenix.

Results

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Overall winners in bold.

Rnd Circuit DP Winning Teams GT Winning Teams
DP Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona   #10 SunTrust Racing   #71 Farnbacher Racing USA
  Max Angelelli
  Wayne Taylor
  Emmanuel Collard
  Wolf Henzler
  Dominik Farnbacher
  Pierre Ehret
  Shawn Price
2 Homestead   #10 SunTrust Racing   #65 Auto Gallery/TRG
  Max Angelelli
  Wayne Taylor
  Marc Bunting
  Andy Lally
3 California   #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates   #21 Prototype Technology Group
  Luis Díaz
  Scott Pruett
  Bill Auberlen
  Joey Hand
4 Laguna Seca   #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates   #16 Prototype Technology Group
  Luis Díaz
  Scott Pruett
  Bill Auberlen
  Tom Milner
  Justin Marks
5 Mont-Tremblant   #2 CITGO Howard-Boss Motorsports   #22 Prototype Technology Group
  Milka Duno
  Andy Wallace
  Jan Lammers
  Ian James
  Joey Hand
6 Watkins Glen   #67 Krohn Racing/TRG   #14 Autometrics Motorsports
  Tracy Krohn
  Niclas Jönsson
  Wolf Henzler
  Leh Keen
  Cory Friedman
7 Daytona   #4 Howard-Boss Motorsports   #16 Prototype Technology Group
  Elliot Forbes-Robinson
  Butch Leitzinger
  Bill Auberlen
  Justin Marks
8 Barber   #10 SunTrust Racing   #16 Prototype Technology Group
  Max Angelelli
  Wayne Taylor
  Bill Auberlen
  Justin Marks
9 Watkins Glen   #10 SunTrust Racing   #64 TRG
  Max Angelelli
  Wayne Taylor
  Paul Edwards
  Jan Magnussen
10 Mid-Ohio   #4 Howard-Boss Motorsports   #21 Prototype Technology Group
  Elliot Forbes-Robinson
  Butch Leitzinger
  Kelly Collins
  Tom Milner
11 Phoenix   #66 Krohn Racing/TRG   #64 TRG
  Jörg Bergmeister
  Christian Fittipaldi
  Paul Edwards
  Jan Magnussen
12 Watkins Glen   #10 SunTrust Racing   #65 TRG
  Max Angelelli
  Wayne Taylor
  Marc Bunting
  Andy Lally
13 Virginia   #01 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates   #21 Prototype Technology Group
  Luis Díaz
  Scott Pruett
  Bill Auberlen
  Tom Milner
14 Mexico City   #19 Finlay Motorsports   #64 TRG
  Michael McDowell
  Memo Gidley
  Paul Edwards
  Jan Magnussen

† - The DP and GT classes ran separate, individual races for DP and GT.

Championship standings

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Source:[1]

Daytona Prototypes

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Drivers (Top 20)

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Pos Driver Points
1   Max Angelelli 439
  Wayne Taylor
2   Scott Pruett 405
  Luis Díaz
3   Butch Leitzinger 360
  Elliott Forbes-Robinson
4   Jorg Bergmeister 350
5   Stefan Johansson 340
  Cort Wagner
6   Memo Gidley 309
7   Michael McDowell 307
8   Milka Duno 285
9   Niclas Jönsson 272
10   Mike Borkowski 268
11   Matteo Bobbi 268
  Fabrizio Gollin
12   David Donohue 267
  Darren Law
13   Andy Wallace 261
14   Darius Grala 256
  Shane Lewis
15   Tracy Krohn 247
16   Terry Borcheller 243
17   Brian Frisselle 227
  Burt Frisselle
18   Hurley Haywood 223
  J.C. France
19   Doug Goad 207
20   Christian Fittipaldi 199

Grand Touring

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Drivers (Top 10)

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Pos Driver Points
1   Craig Stanton 377
2   Marc Bunting 376
  Andy Lally
3   David Murry 359
4   Joey Hand 337
8   Leh Keen 333
  Cory Friedman
6   Tommy Milner 323
7   Justin Marks 323
8   Bill Auberlen 321
9   Jim Tafel Jr. 307
  Andrew Davis
10   Ian James 282

References

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